Understanding Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Description:The old dream of integrating into one the study of micro and macrocosmos is now a reality. Cosmology, astrophysics, and particle physics intersect in a scenario (but still not a theory) of cosmic structure formation and evolution called Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model.

Galaxy systems in the optical and infrared by A. Biviano - arXivThis is a review of the properties of galaxy systems as determined from optical and infrared measurements. Covered topics are: clusters identification, global cluster properties and their scaling relations, cluster internal structure, etc.(7431 views)

Inflationary Cosmology and Structure Formation by J. A. Peacock - arXivBasics of inflationary models for the early universe, concentrating on the generation of density fluctuations from scalar-field dynamics. The subsequent gravitational dynamics of these fluctuations in dark matter in a Friedmann model are described.(7067 views)

Photographs of Nebulae and Clusters by James Edward Keeler - University of California PublicationsThe main purpose of this volume is to reproduce and make available for study, the larger and more interesting nebulae and clusters, sixty-eight in number. James Edward Keeler was the director of the Lick observatory 1898 - 1900.(5727 views)